G

GAC

assembly cache, 178

gacutil.exe, placing assemblies in assembly

cache using, 179

gacutil.exe

assembly cache, placing assemblies in, 186

delay-signing an assembly, 512

garbage collector, 211

.NET Framework, 241

advantages, 241

compared to developer-controlled memory

management, 242

compared to reference counting, 206

control of threads by garbage collector, 212

disadvantages, 210

does not support deterministic finalization, 210

exact collection algorithms, 206

finalization queue, 216

freachable queue, 216

generations, 215

handling cyclic references, 210

identifying garbage, 213

roots, 213

invoking garbage collector, 212

managed heap, 211

compacting heap, 213

large object managed heap, 211

small object managed heap, 211

mark phase, 214

performance issues, 241

pinned objects, performance issues, 210

programmatic control, 217

GC class, 218

reasons for using, 206

safe points, 123

supplementing with IDisposable interface, 210

sweep phase, 214

weak references, 230

GC class, 218

Collect() method, 233

GetTotalMemory() method, 218

MaxGeneration property, 218

programmatic control of garbage collector, 218

ReRegisterForFinalize() method, 219

SuppressFinalize() method, 224

GCHandle class

Alloc() method, 154

definition, 152

Free() method, 154

GCHandle to IntrPtr type conversion, 154

op_Explicit() method, 154

Target property, 154

GCHandle to IntrPtr type conversion

GCHandle class, 154

GDI, 450

BitBlt() function, 450

compared to GDI+, 447

blitting, 447

performance, 448

CreateCompatibleBitmap() function, 450

CreateCompatibleDC() function, 450

DeleteObject() function, 450

example of blitting, 448

graphics, 447

handles, 450

SelectObject() function, 450

GDI+, 447

compared to GDI, 447

blitting, 447

performance, 448

graphics, 447

System.Drawing, 447

unmanaged API, 447

GenerateCodeFromCompileUnit method

ICodeGenerator interface, 331

generation 0 objects

garbage collector, 214

generation 1 objects

garbage collector, 214

generation 2 objects

garbage collector, 215

generations

garbage collector, 214

generation 0 objects, 214

generation 1 objects, 214

generation 2 objects, 215

Get() method

ManagementObject class, 407

ManagementObjectSearcher class, 407

GetAvallableThreads() method

ThreadPool class, 340

GetCurrentThreadld() method

AppDomain class, 343

GetExecutlngAssembly() method

Assembly Class, 175

GetGenerator method

MethodBuilder class, 314

GetHashCode() method

Thread class, 343

GetHdc() method

Graphics class, 451

GetInstances() method

ManagementClass class, 407

ManagementOperationObserv er class, 407

PerformanceCounterCategory class, 292

GetIssuerName() method

X509Certificate class, 524

GetMaxThreads() method

ThreadPool class, 340

GetMessage() API call

message loop, 419

GetMethod() method

TypeBuilder class, 317

GetName() method

X509Certificate class, 524

GetObject() method

ResourceManager class, 189

GetPublicKeyString() method

X509Certificate class, 524

GetString() method

ResourceManager class, 195

GetTotalMemory() method

GC class, 218

Global Assembly Cache shell extension

assembly cache, 178

disadvantage, 178

Global Assembly Cache, see GAC.

GlobalSign

certification authorities, 514

graphics

GDI, 448

blitting, 447

GDI+, 447

Windows Forms, 447

Graphics class

GetHdc() method, 451

System.Drawing, 451

GraphicsPath class

AddArc() method, 440

AddLine() method, 440

implementing circular Windows Form, 440

System.Drawing.Drawing2 D, 440

guarded blocks

IL exception handling, 98